Joey Mbu the Music Man of Commanders defense

“We wanted to bring some music to practice one day and the coaches didn’t mind,” Commanders defensive end Winston Craig said. “Joey had really good taste that got everyone motivated. We asked the coaches if they were OK with it and ever since, that’s Joey’s thing.”

The owner of the Carolina Hurricanes will be named the chairman of the American Alliance of Football on Tuesday after a hefty investment.

According to the sources, there was one enormous problem, one that became obvious even before the AAF’s second weekend (Feb. 16-17) of games: The league was running short on cash, and quickly. Without new investors, there was a good chance it was going to miss payroll last Friday.

“Without a new, nine-figure investor, nobody is sure what would have happened,” one source said. “You can always tell people their checks are going to be a little late, but how many are going to show up on the weekend for games when they don’t see anything hit their bank accounts on Friday?”

On Tuesday, multiple sources told The Athletic , the AAF will announce that Carolina Hurricanes majority owner Tom Dundon, a self-made billionaire from Dallas, has become that nine-figure investor. Dundon will be introduced as the league’s new chairman after last week’s commitment of $250 million enabled the AAF to meet its obligations.

Running out of cash in the first week isn’t a good sign. I’m not a financial genius but I would think somebody in the organization would have done at least a rough budget to see if they could make it past the first week.